Gamasutra – Press Releases- ARVORE’S GAME OF THE YEAR NOMINATED VR TITLE ‘PIXEL RIPPED 1989’ NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Critically-Acclaimed and Highly Anticipated VR ‘Pixel Ripped 1989’ Dashes Available on PlayStation VR in North America, Oculus, and Steam; Coming to Global and EU PlayStation Stores Very Soon

YouTube Trailer:https://youtu.be/0rhWUGL_H9M

São Paulo; Tuesday, July 31st, 2018 – ARVORE, the immersive storytelling VR/AR company today announced the launch of long-awaited virtual reality game Pixel Ripped 1989. The critically-acclaimed game is available on PlayStation VR (North America), Oculus Rift and HTC Vive for a limited time launch discount of $19.99, saving a total of 20% off of the full $24.99 USD price. Pixel Ripped 1989 is also coming to PlayStation 4 users globally and in the EU in the very near future, and fans are encouraged to follow @PixelRipped on twitter for release date details as they become available in the near future. The title has also recently been nominated on the shortlist for GAME OF THE YEAR by the VR AWARDS 2018 which will be held this October in London. First conceived and created as a student game by Ana Ribeiro and co-developed by São Paulo-based ARVORE, the game has been a multi-year, multi-continent passion project, and marks the first title brought to market by ARVORE.

Early reception for Pixel Ripped 1989 has been overwhelmingly positive. Early reviews for the title have left critics and the online video community raving, with VR Focus calling it, “a no holds barred homage to the past, all wrapped up in a lovely VR cocoon that offers some surprising, and unique ideas that set Pixel Ripped 1989 apart.”

VR critic and personality PSVR Frank declared the game, “a solid 10 out 10 making it my first 100% frank approved VR title. They took something extremely relatable, retro, and close to our gamer hearts, and turned it all the way up to 11.”

“It’s a solid experience and did something that few other virtual reality games have ever done to me – make me forget I’m in virtual reality.” 8/10 by Ben Smith at Handsome Phantom

“This is truly one of the greatest PSVR games I’ve ever experienced. Games like Pixel Ripped 1989 are the reason why we bought a PSVR in the first place”. PS World

Players can find Pixel Ripped 1989 on PlayStation Store (24.99 USD), Steam and Oculus Rift versions will sell at 19.99 USD during the next week:

Pixel Ripped 1989 is a wacky multi-dimensional homage to the early days of gaming. The player embarks on a journey into the screen of a classic videogame and beyond. Set in the era of portable 8-bit consoles, this game-within-a-game follows the adventures of Dot, an in-game character who sees her world torn apart by the Cyblin Lord, a villain able to break through the video game screen and invade the real world.

In the game, the player inhabits Nicola, a second-grade student who must help Dot save both realities from this menace by facing challenges in the retro-gaming 2D world, all while distracting the cranky teacher and escaping from the furious headmaster in her own 3D world.

Ribeiro, a Brazilian native developer, began work on this project back in 2014, when she was still a student in London. The development of the game has been a long journey for her, but one she refused to give up on. In 2017, Ribeiro joined ARVORE, Pixel Ripped‘s publisher and investor, as project director and game developer; she and completed the project with the team there.

The game has received funding from Oculus and awards from Intel and the AMAZE Indie Festival, as well as nominations to IndieCade and the Proto Awards. If successful, there are plans to make future installments of the game spanning game industry history.

For more information, visit http://www.pixelripped.com or Arvore.io.

About ANA RIBEIRO

Ana Ribeiro is a pioneering Brazilian virtual reality game developer. Born and raised in northeastern Brazil, she gained local and worldwide recognition for her creativity and exploration of VR Games, earning her multiple awards and even carrying the 2016 Olympic torch with a VR headset on her head. She has a Master’s in Game Design at NFTS UK, Degrees in Games Programming & Psychology.

About ARVORE

ARVORE is an immersive storytelling studio founded in 2017 by Ricardo Justus, Rodrigo Terra and Edouard de Montmort. Based in São Paulo, Brazil, ARVORE brings Brazilian creativity to exciting new mediums, and is focused on creating, designing, producing and developing state-of-the-art interactive experiences and games for all immersive platforms, including virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. ARVORE is the only VC-backed VR studio in Brazil.